727412 – net-dns/unbound-1.10.1 needs unqualified 'ar'

Bug 727412 - net-dns/unbound-1.10.1 needs unqualified 'ar'

Summary: net-dns/unbound-1.10.1 needs unqualified 'ar'

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Marc Schiffbauer

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Keywords:	PATCH

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Blocks:	tc-directly
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Reported:	2020-06-07 10:30 UTC by Sergei Trofimovich (RETIRED)
Modified:	2020-06-08 08:56 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Sergei Trofimovich (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2020-06-07 10:30:17 UTC

When building net-dns/unbound-1.10.1 on a sys-devel/binutils-config[-native-symlinks] system build fails as:

"""
checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-ar... no
checking for ar... no
configure: error: Cannot find 'ar', please extend PATH to include it
"""

The following patch makes unbound compile fine:

--- a/acx_nlnetlabs.m4
+++ b/acx_nlnetlabs.m4
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 if echo "$host_os" | grep "sunos4" >/dev/null; then
 	lt_cv_sys_max_cmd_len=32750;
 fi
-AC_PATH_TOOL(AR, ar, [false])
+AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar, [false])
 if test $AR = false; then
 	AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot find 'ar', please extend PATH to include it])
 fi

Comment 1 Marc Schiffbauer gentoo-dev

2020-06-08 08:56:32 UTC

Thanks!

Fixed in 1.10.1-r1 (commmit c599cb1533cf10893c020d1abda1f62c959a2abb)